Here I Go Again On My Own....

...going down the only road I've ever know...

Thanks, Whitesnake, for those apt lyrics. Yes, folks, again I am relaunching my weight loss journey. I have (by some miracle) held steady at 50lbs lost, but I have another 60 to lost at least, and I have been on hiatus for far too long.

So, "here I go again".

I am trying to shake it up this time. I have been doing Weight Watchers on and off since 2003, and I am just burned out. It is a great program, and it works if you work it. BUT, I was eating crap on it. I would eat junk because it was "only 1 Point". I want to be thin AND healthy.

So. www.sparkpeople.com is the website, and I so far I am loving it. It tells me how many calories I should eat per day, and where those calories should come from (fat, protein, carbs). It lets me track other nutrients as well (like, say, sodium, which I eat far too much of). I can also look at awesome graphs showing when in the day I eat what percentage of my calories, the calories I've eaten in a day vs calories burned, compare my exercise over time, etc. It is awesome. And it is FREE.

I hope to be able to come back here often and update my progress. I am nervous "going down this road" again, but it has to be done. I have my 10 year high school reunion this summer, and a huge family reunion for my husband's family. I also want to be able to run again. I liked doing it, but I am just too heavy right now to put my knees through that.

It's March Madness time, baby! Balls to the wall, and let's do this thing!